I was a very inquisitive child. When my older sister was pregnant she told me it was because of watermelons. I was like WHY?! She explained on how when you eat the seeds they go into your belly and it grows & grows and then out comes a baby. I was like HOW?! She told me that it was like real watermelon. The baby comes out attached to this vine and the outside stays inside for other babies to grow in the next time she ate the seeds of a watermelon. Needless to say I was scared of watermelon for years! And to this day I don't eat watermelon seeds & of course discovered the 'reality of reproduction' when I was much older.
A childhood belief about watermelons
others believed things like this
- when you eat the seeds from a watermelon a watermelon will start to grow inside your stomache.Anon
- If you eat watermelon seeds a watermelon will grow in your tummy and vines will come out your earsAnon
- I used to believe that if I swallowed watermelon seeds, I would get pregnantAnon
- I used to think that if i ate watermelon seeds they would grow out of my ears.— Catherine
- I use to believe (thanks to my Mom) that if I swallowed a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my belly.Anon
- I used to think that watermelon seeds were dead soulsAnon